Patricia O’Malley, MD
Medical Director of Pediatric Palliative Care service and attending physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital for Children. She is also an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.
"We should talk." Advance Care Planning in Primary Care Pediatrics.
An introduction to advance care planning and goals of care conversations for primary care pediatricians caring for seriously ill children. from MGHforChildren’s Primary Care Pediatrics conference 2018. Featuring Dr. Pat O’Malley, Medical Director, Pediatric Palliative Care at MGHfC, and Blyth Lord, Executive Director, Courageous Parents Network.
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"We should talk." Advance Care Planning in Primary Care Pediatrics.
Palliative care gave us a language to talk to the medical specialists.
Palliative care helps reframe interventions like feeding tubes.
Palliative care fills a huge hole that comes from having a medically complex kid.
